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Sweitzer resigns as Chickasaw boys basketball coach

New Hampton is searching for a new head boys basketball coach after Chad Sweitzer tendered his resignation on Monday.Sweitzer, who was an assistant coach for one year before serving as the Chickasaws’ head coach for the past seven seasons, said he

Finally, an event!

While the sport schedules of area schools have been decimated by the early spring weather, the New Hampton trapshooters became the first team to kick the season into gear with a meet on Thursday at Boyd.

New Hampton will stick with bags

After two lengthy discussions, the New Hampton City Council on Monday night decided to keep the status quo when it comes to its garbage pickup system.Council members first discussed the issue of switching to a bin system on March 5, but because th

Chickasaws land two on all-NEIC

New Hampton boys basketball coach Chad Sweitzer couldn’t have been much happier with how his Chickasaws fared when it came to the all-Northeast Iowa Conference teams league coaches selected recently.

Four Trojans earn conference honors after 12-1 campaign

Turkey Valley didn’t dominate the Upper Iowa all-conference lists as much as some might expect of a team that won their second straight conference title, and didn’t lose a UIC game until one slipped through their grasp late in the season.

McDonald pitches Hawkeyes to win

Iowa needed a strong pitching performance, and Cole McDonald delivered one.

Blockhus garners honor

It may have been the easiest balloting ever when it came to Iowa’s wrestlers of the year; after all, if there ever was a year that qualified as a no-brainer, it was 2017-18.

Two girls to NEIC teams

The third-most productive scorer in the conference, Isabel Leichtman earned first team all-Northeast Iowa Conference honors for the third year, a rare accomplishment among basketball players.

Two Huskies set to play football at the next level

Two Nashua-Plainfield football players will embark on new adventures next fall after recently signing national letters of intent to attend school and play football at Clarke University in Dubuque.

Smith hopes to make one last hoops run

As the bus made its way from Pella to Storm Lake on Tuesday, the “this-could-be-it” thought crossed Kyle Smith’s mind.
A Central loss would mean the former New Hampton High School’s star basketball career would be over.

Huskies fall in district opener

The Nashua-Plainfield boys basketball team wrapped up its season a little sooner than they wanted to last Thursday, falling 58-50 to Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock (AGWSR) in Class 1A, District 4 action at Rockford.

Climbing onto the stand!

Nashua-Plainfield’s Jakob Whitinger stood in the tunnel at Wells Fargo Arena, and even though he had just saw his season end with a loss, the smile never left his face.

Lettermen to raise money March 14 at lift-a-thon

Members of the Lettermen and Letterettes have been, and will be, looking for as many sponsors as possible for this year’s lift-a-thon. 

Trojan boys are sidelined

The season ended for Turkey Valley’s boys in the district semifinal Tuesday night as they were defeated by Tripoli, 46-43.

Chickasaws third at state wrestling meet

The good news is that New Hampton/Turkey Valley’s Michael Blockhus will wrestle for a third individual state title on Saturday night.The bad news?

NH/TV takes lead after first day of traditional state tournament

New Hampton/Turkey Valley kept eight of its nine wrestlers alive after the first session of the Class 2A state wrestling tournament, and five Chickasaws remain on the front side of th bracket.Michael Blockhus (138), Noah Fye (145), Cale Reicks (16

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